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Connecting ecosystem services values to decision-making

15 March 2023
Knowing the full range of benefits and values offered by different wetland ecosystem services is important in making decisions, not just for the purpose of conservation but also in determining best options for uplifting the lives of households and communities. Several cases had been shared here,…

Economics of Transportation Infrastructure: Balancing Needs of Biodiversity Conservation and Costs

27 April 2022
Economic analysis tools are important instruments that support decision making for infrastructure development including rural roads. The use of these tools such as economic valuation, cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria analysis help identify potential impacts and their costs, which could be…

Loss of Coastal Wetlands in Asia – Tracking the Loss with Spatial Analyses

7 December 2021
New earth observation models are now being used to assess risks to coastal ecosystems. The overarching aim is to develop an operational system for monitoring losses and gains of saltmarsh, mangroves and tidal flat ecosystems at the global scale. These tools and systems allow the monitoring of…

The Multidimensional Well-being of Asian Senior Citizens: A Systematic Review

8 September 2021
This presentation discussed the systematic review on elderly’s well being in Developing Asia.

The Multidimensional Well-being of Asian Senior Citizens: A Systematic Review — Draft Paper

8 September 2021

Enhancing Women-focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience (WfIR)

3 June 2020
This presentation shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate targets of ADB's Strategy 2030.

gLOCAL Insights: Support to Sustainable Transport Solutions in light of the COVID-19 Crisis

3 June 2020
This presentation discussed key findings from the assessment of ADB's transport support between 2010 to 2018, and presented six recommendations on how ADB can further strengthen the development support of its ADB transport interventions.

Fighting the Gendered Impact of Corruption

26 March 2020
Women, especially poor women, are disproportionately impacted by corruption at the point of access for basic public services, justice, and security. This presentation shows new data and key figures that demonstrate how some forms of corruption disproportionately affect women.

Sustainability of Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: Resource Depletion

8 October 2019
Sarah Jehaan Khan highlighted the role of women in addressing environmental and climate challenges. Their dependence on natural resources leads to both their vulnerability and their being valuable source of solutions. It is important that they are trained in four eco-friendly methods that tackle…

ADB Operational Priority 2: Accelerating Progress in Gender Equality

3 September 2019
This presentation gives an overview of ADB's Operational Priority 2: Accelerating progress in gender equality. It defines ADB support for gender equality and women’s empowerment.